Fareed Lafta

Fareed Lafta (Arabic: فريد لفتة‎) is an Iraqi pilot and athlete. He was the first qualified cosmonaut from Iraq, and has appeared in Guinness World Records for participating in the first skydive above Mount Everest.[1][2]

References
  1. Fordham, Alice (13 June 2009). "Skydiver aims to make Iraq soar". The National (Abu Dhabi). Retrieved 29 January 2010.
  2. Howard, Michael (27 May 2009). "The sky's the limit for extreme sports fan who aims to be Iraq's first man in space". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 June 2017.


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